CVE-2026-74434Patch

LOWCVSS 9.8 · CRITICAL

Signal is active with 2 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Patch affected systems immediately

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Don't move a peeked OOB message onto the pending queue rxrpc_recvmsg_oob() takes a received oob message off recvmsg_oobq and, if a response is needed, moves it onto the pending_oobq tree. However, only the unlink from recvmsg_oobq is guarded by MSG_PEEK; the move onto pending_oobq always runs. As a result, reading a challenge with MSG_PEEK leaves the skb on recvmsg_oobq while also adding it to pending_oobq. Since struct sk_buff's rbnode shares storage with its next and prev pointers, rb_insert_color() overwrites the list linkage, and the skb, which holds a single reference, becomes reachable from both queues at once. When the socket is closed both queues are drained in turn. While draining recvmsg_oobq, __skb_unlink() follows the next and prev pointers that rbnode has overwritten and writes to a bad address. Also, as the skb holds a single reference but is freed from each queue, both the skb and the connection reference it holds are released twice. This leads to memory corruption and to a use-after-free caused by the connection refcount underflow. MSG_PEEK does not consume the message from the queue, so only unlink it from recvmsg_oobq and then move it onto pending_oobq or free it when the message is actually consumed.

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

  • Patch or workaround signal is available
  • 2 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Patch or workaround mentioned in 2 signals
  • Technical details provided in 2 signals
  • 2 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 1d
01122Mentions · 2026-08-15: 2Patch / Workaround · 2026-08-15: 2Technical Details · 2026-08-15: 208-15
Signal classification1 categories
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Referenced assets2 URLs
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Full discourse2 posts
  • CVE@CVEnew
    Patch

    CVE-2026-74434 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Don't move a peeked OOB message onto the pending queue rxrpc_recvmsg_oob() takes a receiv… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74434

    Post summary

    The post announces that CVE‑2026‑74434 in the Linux kernel has been fixed by patching the rxrpc component to correct the handling of peeked OOB messages.

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  • Infoflowcloud@infoflowcloud
    Patch

    🚨*CVE* CVE-2026-74434 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Don't move a peeked OOB message onto the pending queue rxrpc_recvmsg_oob() takes a receiv… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74434 ----- Traducción: CVE-2026-74434 En … https://infoflow.cloud`

    Post summary

    CVE‑2026‑74434 is a Linux kernel rxrpc issue that has been resolved, indicating a patch is available; the advisory provides technical details about an out‑of‑bounds message handling bug.

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